This
weekend is Explore Hillcrest and Sleepover Saturday! I encourage you to
talk with your kids about what it means to invite their friends to
church and to youth activities. It is a great way to introduce them to
their friends at church, but most importantly, it is a place where they
can hear the amazing story of Jesus!
Speaking
of our friends… Our world is not interested in large arenas full of
people talking about Jesus things and warm fuzzy feelings. Our world
needs Disciples of Christ that will engage lives, one at a time, with
what it truly means to walk each day with Jesus. It may take time out of
our schedules, it will require a lot of patience, but a life changed by
the renewing power of God is worth the struggle! This may even require
us to wade into uncharted waters with new types of people. It may cost
us status, money, and even our privacy at times… but isn’t that the
example given to us by the New Testament church? To love
unconditionally, to love at all times, to bear with one another, in an
effort to save people from a life without Jesus? I pray that God will
ignite this in our hearts, and that He will show you that one person
that you need to invest in this week. Be an encourager, change the rooms
you enter with the love of Jesus. I know it is a challenge, but we’re
up to it!
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